Eric Carthy

1896 - 1915  (19 years)

• Name	Eric Carthy
  Born	13 Mar 1896	Ashton under Lyne, , Lancashire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	tragedy, accident, military
  Military	WW1
  		Carthy,Eric-WW1.jpg
  Military	1914	WW1   [1]
  	WW1, 18th Regiment, Service #54209
  Military	1914	WW1   [2]
  	WW1, Private, 18th Battalion
  Misfortune	1915
  	killed in WW1
  Residence	, England   [2]
  Residence	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Residence	39 Waterloo St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-72949
  Died	26 Dec 1915	, Belgium   [3]
  Buried	Ridge Wood Military Cemetery, near, Ypres, , West-Vlaanderen, Belgium   [3]
  Person ID	I72949	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Joseph Carthy,   b. Abt 1864,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Harriet Beethby,   b. Abt 1864,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F15068	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Unimaginable grief' when two mothers lose four sons Ten local soldiers were killed 100 years ago, capturing a ruined French village on the Western Front. It was among the bloodiest days this community endured in the First World War and it happened Sept. 15, 1916, at the Somme battlefield. The telegrams reached home three weeks later. Two mothers suffered the most. Harriet Carthy learned that her son Percy was killed in action. That's after his brother Eric was killed in an earlier skirmish. Annie McNicol learned that her son James was killed in action. That's after his brother Alexander died of his wounds following an earlier skirmish. Percy and James climbed out of the trenches at 6: 24 a.m. They were in the first wave to attack the German front line, aiming for the ruins of Courcelette. The men of their 18th infantry battalion advanced under shrapnel and bullets, inching forward on their bellies, using corpses as cover, after the enemy caught them in the open in no man's land. Percy, James, and more than 90 comrades were killed. James, 22, checked train cars before he enlisted. He was a cheerful man who played in the battalion band. "I knew there was something wrong," Annie said, absorbing the terrible news. She hadn't received a letter from her son in three weeks. Percy, 21, was a labourer. The Kitchener News Record consoled his mother by lauding her dead sons as heroes: "Their example inculcated by the spirit of manhood will not die." Later, a stranger wrote to say that Percy saved her brother's life in a different battle. "I hope Mrs. Carthy that you, your husband and your family in your great loss will find a little consolation in knowing what a great hero your son was."... 'Unimaginable grief' when two mothers lose four sons. (2016). Therecord.com. Retrieved 15 September 2016, from https://www.therecord.com/news-story/6858427--unimaginable-grief-when-two-mothers-lose-four-sons/

  
  

• Sources

  [S157] Military - Canada - World War I - Attestation papers. [S1890] Military - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener Public Library WW1 Soldiers Card Index Soldier Information Cards - World War One. [S2443] Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948. Eric Carthy Death Date: 26 Dec 1915 Rank: Private Unit: 18th Battalion Service number: 54209 Cemetery: Ridgewood Military Cemetery Cemetery Location: 1 Mile South East of Dickebusch, 3 1/2 Miles South West of Ypres, Belgium Burial Place: Belgium

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 13 Mar 1896 - Ashton under Lyne, , Lancashire, England Residence - - , England Residence - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 26 Dec 1915 - , Belgium Buried - - Ridge Wood Military Cemetery, near, Ypres, , West-Vlaanderen, Belgium  = Link to Google Earth